Cant-hook



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O. NYGAARD' CANT HOOK. No. 382,240. Patented May 1, 1888.

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CHRISTIAN NYGAARD, OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

CANT-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,240, dated May 1,I888.

' Application filed January 25, 1888. Serial No. 262,021. (h 'o model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN NYGAARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at city of Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCant-Hooks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in cant-hooks; and the objects ofmy invention are, first, in a cant-hook with pike, to provide acontinuous and unbroken slide or bearing from the point of the pike topoint of hook and thereby prevent the log or timber from fourth, in apike integral with the socket, to

minimize the weight of pike without materially decreasing the strengthor necessitating a shoulder between pike and socket. I attain theseobjects by the construction illustrated in accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 a top view, of cant-hook;Fig. 3, cross-sectional view of the grooved pike; Fig. 4, an enlargedperspective view of lug with inclined face, in

which the slot is cut and its eo-operatingscrew.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is the handle fitting into the socket B.

0 O is the pike, and a the clip integral with the socket,

E is the hook; e, the clip-brace; and n, the slot formed in 2. lug, G,integral with the socket, the top face of the lug where the slot is madeinclining outwardly and rearwardly,

as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The clip=brace e strengthens the clip andforms a guide over the clip a, so that in using the cant-hook the clipwill not catch against or strike into the o bark or surface of the logand prevent the hook from catching properly.-

I am aware that cant hooks have heretofore been constructed with a pikeintegral with the socket; but they have been too heavy and unwieldy. Aman using one of these tools naturally wants the lightest and mostdurable, and a few ounces difference in weight make a great differencein the choice of tools to a skillful workman. To reduce the weight ofthepike others have heretofore squared the pike; but the top and bottomfaces of the pike have been at right angles with the hook, presenting aflat surface to the surface of the log and not presenting a directincline upwardly upon the engaging side, or entirely doing away with theshoulder between the pike and socket.

My improvement consists in having the pike grooved longitudinally, oneof the pro jections or braces, f, being toward the hook upon theengaging side and in a perpendicular line with the line of the aredescribed by the hook, as shown in the sectional view, the otherprojections, f f f, having their top edges on the same incline as themain body of the socket, Fig. 3. The grooves incline upwardly to theplane of the socket. I thereby do away with any shoulder whatsoeverbetween the socket and pike and provide a direct incline upwardly. Bythis means and by means of the clip-brace e, I provide an unobstructedbearing against the log until the point of the hook D strikes into thelog, thereby more fully adapting the cant hook to small logs and squaretimber and to logs with a rough bark or surface. The pike beinggrooved,as shown in Figs, 1 and 2, at G, and in sectional view, Fig. 3,reduces the weight considerably more than a squared pike withoutmaterially redueing the strength thereof, or necessitating a shoulderbetween pike and socket. This improvement in the pike is also applicableto landing-hook pikes, and I wish to make my claim to cover those also.

Fig. 4. is an enlarged perspective view of the slotted lug for lockingthe socket. a0 is an iron screw with a square head. it is the oblongslot-hole. The screw as screws into the wooden handle to fasten it tothe socket. By loosening the screw the handle may be forced farther intothe socket to tighten it, the bolt slid ing down the inclined slot a.

slotted lug is inclined toward the pike. This renders the screw=headless liable to slip, as any force applied to extract or loosen the han-The face of the dle when the bolt is screwed down causes the screw-headto bear upwardly against the incline, forming a wedge bearing. Iconstruct the slot alongside of the clip-braces as shown at n, Figs. 1and 2. The clip-brace protects it and prevents the screw-head fromstriking against the log. This improvement provides an easy, simple, andconvenient mode of fast ening the handle to the socket, and isapplicable to landing-hooks, handspikes, and the like.

Therefore what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

1. In a cant-hook, the combination of the handle, the hook, and thesocket, with a grooved pike, the grooves being longitudinal andinclining upwardly to the plane of the socket, and with one of theprojections of the pike upon the engaging side toward the hook, and aclip-brace forming a continuous slide or bearing and protecting theclip, substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

2. Ina cant-hook, the combination, with a handle, of a socket providedwith a slot, the walls of the slot inclining outwardly at an angle withthe face of the socket, and a screw passing through the slot andengaging the handle, the head of the screw bearing on the inclined wallsof the slot, as and for the purpose set forth.

'3. In a cant-hook or the like, a socket pro vided with a grooved pike,the edges of the grooves in said pike forming a substantially straightline with the body of the socket, whereby said socket presents astraight engagingface to a log, and the weight of the socket isminimized.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

V CHRISTIAN NYGAARD.

Witnesses: I

ELMER LEAOH, A. LEAOH.

